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symptoms of having been forced or broken open in others, 

 there certainly was no indication of a rodent having been at 

 work in a single instance. It is true that, at the time this 

 searching investigation was made, I had neither read nor 

 heard of the squirrel being supposed to feed on these galls; 

 ray object being to discover whether they formed any portion 

 of the food of the field-mice, which abound in that locality; 

 but not the slightest trace of the teeth of a mouse could 

 be found. 



Larvae of a Eupithecia. — I send you by this post some 

 caterpillars I found on the seeds of umbelliferous plants, and 

 shall be glad to know their name. — William Talbot ; Tarberty 

 October 3, 1871. 



The larvae are those of Eupithecia absynthiata, so far as I 

 can make out; but they will not come out until next year. 



Larva of Odontopera bidentata. — I send you a larva, 

 which my nephew found attached by its anal claspers to a 

 branch of one of the forms of Rubus cjesius. I took it to be 

 one of the Boarmidse; but, upon referring to your 'Moths,' I 

 could not find any description exactly agreeing with it. You 

 will observe that it is a capital imitation of a piece of stick, 

 about the size of a tobacco-pipe, and two inches in length ; 

 it also has the apj^earance of being covered with lichens, 

 resembling some growths of Parmelia pulverulenta, intermixed 

 with Pertusaria, and variegated with darker markings. — 

 Henry Keeks; East Woodhay, Newbury, October 3, 1871. 



The larva is that of Odontopera bidentata : this beautiful 

 variety, so totally different from the ordinary form, is said to be 

 generally found on lichens. It is singular that the larvae of 

 this species should feed all the summer the moths appear, and 

 I have some of them feeding up to the present time on 

 clematis and lilac : most of them are now gone into the 

 earth. — H. Doubleday ; in a letter to E. Newman. 



Edward Newman. 



'Life-history of Gymnancycla canella. — The egg is laid in 

 July and August, on the flower-bud of Salsola Kali ; and the 

 young larva emerges in confinement in about eight days. 

 Whilst young it enters the unripe seed-vessels, and feeds upon 



